Michael is a digital sports strategist for Bay Area News Group. The Denver-area native went to Arizona State's Cronkite School of Journalism and worked several years in Phoenix before coming to Northern California, mostly for the fish tacos.
FILE – Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry gestures during an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in San Francisco, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. All-Star Saturday Night, Feb. 17, 2024, gets an event like never before: Sabrina Ionescu vs. Stephen Curry, in a 3-point battle of the sexes.Stephen Curry is set to play with the Warriors at least until age 40 after reportedly agreeing to a one-year, $62.6 million extension on his contract with the team.
Curry, who turned 36 in March, performed near the peak of his powers last season, scoring 26.4 points per game and shooting 40.8 percent on 3-pointers. He was also remarkably healthy, playing in 74 games, his most since 2017. The Warriors lost to the Kings in the play-in tournament, sending Curry into his offseason early, but he made the most of that time away. He won his firstCurry’s extension, which will keep him with Golden State for at least an 18th season, doesn’t come as a surprise. He was eligible for the bump to $62.6 million through Oct. 2, but reportedly would have been eligible for a two-year extension worth about $130 million if he waited until after the season started.
He was scheduled to be the NBA’s highest-paid player this season, set to earn $55,761,216 million. He’s one of five players making more than $50 million this season, along with the 76ers’ Joel Embiid , The Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic , the Suns’ Kevin Durant and the Suns’ Bradley Beal . The Celtics’ Jayson Tatum recently signed a five-year, $314 million contract extension that will make him the highest-paid player in NBA history but the deal doesn’t kick in until the 2025-26 season.
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